Infectious Diseases
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Guidelines
Recommendations for Comprehensive Post-Arrival Health Assessment for people from Refugee-like backgrounds (2016 Ed) – Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) and Refugee Health Network of Australia Refugee Health Guidelines.
- Hepatitis
- Tuberculosis
- Malaria
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STIs) – Refugee Health Guide
- Queensland Syphilis in Pregnancy Guideline (SiP)
- Consumer information, flowcharts, education presentations and knowledge assessment aligned to the SiP guideline – QCG website.
- Acute Respiratory infections (ARIs) including influenza, COVID-19 and RSV – QH Stakeholder kit (2023)
Monkey Pox
HIV
Referral points
- List of Queensland sexual health and HIV services – Queensland Health
- Princess Alexandra Sexual Health (PASH)
- Mater Infectious Disease Unit
- HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Program – ECCQ
- Qld Positive People
ASHM – Information for clinicians about HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections – prevention, testing, diagnosis and management. Visit website.
Health Equity Matter – PrEP Fact Sheet here.
ASHM Testing Portal provides National Testing Policies targeted toward health professionals ordering HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B tests and receiving, interpreting and delivering results to patients. More here.
Watch a recorded session of the clinical education session ‘HIV Management and Refugee Health’ (July, 2019) here.
Asylum Seekers
From 1st July 2022, people with HIV who are ineligible for Medicare will be able to access their treatment free of charge through government-funded hospital pharmacies
ASHM & NAPWHA will ensure that developments around this initiative will be communicated to the clinical workforce, to people with HIV and other stakeholders.
From 1st July, people with HIV who are ineligible for Medicare, and who previously received HIV medication through compassionate access schemes, will be required to transition to alternative access arrangements in order to receive government-funded treatment*.
Option 1: individuals will need to engage in care with a public hospital-based physician and have their medication dispensed from a hospital pharmacy. The cost of consultations and any required pathology will be covered by the hospital.
Option 2: individuals can continue to see their regular s100 prescriber but will need to have their medication dispensed from a hospital pharmacy. The cost of the consult, and any required pathology will need to be covered by the patient or practice.
Option 3: individuals will need to engage in care with a publicly funded sexual health clinic and have their medication dispensed from a hospital pharmacy. The cost of consultations, and any required pathology will be covered by the sexual health clinic.
Option 4: individuals can still need to access their medication through the self-importation scheme at their own cost.
*any additional care or medication costs associated with side effects from treatment will not be covered by this government-funded scheme.
Patient Resources
Sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses (Animation videos in English) – Watch here.